Höchstenbach

Höchstenbach
Municipality
Coat of arms of Höchstenbach
Coat of arms
Location of Höchstenbach within Westerwaldkreis district
Höchstenbach is located in Germany
Höchstenbach
Höchstenbach
Höchstenbach is located in Rhineland-Palatinate
Höchstenbach
Höchstenbach
Coordinates: 50°38′01″N 7°44′41″E / 50.63361°N 7.74472°E / 50.63361; 7.74472
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
DistrictWesterwaldkreis
Municipal assoc.Hachenburg
Government
 • Mayor (2019–24) Anke Fuchs[1]
Area
 • Total
5.67 km2 (2.19 sq mi)
Elevation
310 m (1,020 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total
697
 • Density120/km2 (320/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
57629
Dialling codes02680
Vehicle registrationWW
Websitewww.hachenburg-vg.de

Höchstenbach is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The community belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Hachenburg, a kind of collective municipality. Its seat is in the like-named town.

Geography

The community lies in the Westerwald between Limburg and Siegen in the Wied Valley. Through the community flows the river Wied.

History

On 27 May 1269, Höchstenbach had its first documentary mention.

Politics

The municipal council is made up of 11 council members, including the extraofficial mayor (Bürgermeister), who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.

Culture and sightseeing

Worth seeing is the village church built in the early 13th century in Romanesque transition style. Within the church are found valuable Early Gothic frescoes.

Economy and infrastructure

Bundesstraße 413 at the eastern end of the village, direction Wied

The community lies at the crossroads of Bundesstraßen 8, leading from Limburg an der Lahn to Siegburg, and 413 from Bendorf (near Koblenz) to Hachenburg. The nearest Autobahn interchanges are in Dierdorf and Mogendorf on the A 3 (Cologne–Frankfurt), some 20 km away. The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.

Notable people

References

  1. ^ Direktwahlen 2019, Westerwaldkreis, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 9 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.


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